It is a pity you start Laos in Vientienne as it is located in the country's centre and so you have to back track either way if you want to see both the north and south. We opted for the northern half first as the Polish guys were heading into Cambodia afterwards and so would end their travels southward.
We shot first to Vang viang on the local bus as this is where the famed tubing takes place. We arrived in time to find a room for the 3 of us for $3US that had A/C, T.V, two big king beds, hot shower, free water etc and the room itself was huge. Ah good old cheap Laos.
We did a couple of days tubing (see "tubing") and also went for a motorbike ride around the surrounding countryside and did a couple of night 'trips' too (see "42").
The motorbike ride was nice except when the heavens decided to let rip with all they had and forced us to take refuge in a little shop for an hour or so to avoid dying! It's really hard to see when it pours that hard and it hurts like buggery each time a drop hits you! But we weren't really fussed as we hadn't achieved anything all day really other than seeing some country side, going for a swim in the local river and Maui who drove into another motorbike (easy mistake to make, parked as it was!) and so gave himself a flatty and broke the other guys bike too.
We stayed in Vang viang for 5 days I think all up and then we all headed south to see the infamous 4000 islands down near Cambodia.
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